Invasive Alien Flora & its impact found in Vadoda range forest, Muktainagar
Keywords:
Alien, Invasive, Exotic, Geographical regionAbstract
An Alien plant is those who are non native, exotic to a specific area or location & destroy the existing biodiversity & affect the indigenous flora. Some alien species has tendency to spread in such degree that it become invasive and causes damage to the existing environment, economy & human health. The present study deals with the comprehensive list of Invasive, alien plants of Vododa Range forest, Muktainagar with information of family, habit, nativity etc. More than 70% flora found in forest is exotic .Among these dicotyledons contribute more than monocotyledon.
Vegetation includes total 74% alien species under 32 families. Among 12 different geographical regions, the majority of invasive plants reported from Tropical Africa (30%) with 25 species .Habit wise analysis shows that about 55.04% of species are herbs, 17.5% are shrubs & 20.27% are trees & 9.45% are climbers.
Cassia uniform, Hyptis suaveolens , Altenathera, Tridax procumbens, Lantana camera , Triompheta, Apluda , Alycicarpus etc. are some noxious species found during the study . Cassia uniflora is the highly noxious plant which is found everywhere.
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